JAMB Monitoring Candidates With CCTV Cameras

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Candidates writing the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are being monitored by JAMB with the use of CCTV cameras

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it
is monitoring the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME),
through its central Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in Abuja.

Its Niger Coordinator, Mr Muhammed Ibrahim, said on Saturday
in Minna that all the examination centres were linked to the CCTV.

“Our staff, candidates and supervisors in all examination
centres are being watched and recorded; it is part of our efforts to reduce or
eliminate malpractices in the conduct of the test,” he said.

The Coordinator said that 32, 000 candidates registered for
the examination in Niger and were writing the test in 14 centres.

He said that the exercise was smooth in many centres except
at Jumai Aliyu Babangida Development Centre, Minna where a system failure was
recorded.

“The issue lingered a bit, so we immediately moved the
candidates to the zonal office to write the examination,” he said.

He said that the examination, which started on Saturday,
would end on Wednesday, and promised a hitch-free exercise.

A candidate, Fatima Mustapha, who spoke to NAN in Minna,
said that the process was smooth, and particularly commended JAMB for the speed
of the bio-metric verification of candidates before being admitted into the
hall.

Mr Saidu Abubakar, an official of the Nigeria Security and
Civil Defence Corps, who also spoke with NAN, commended the candidates for
being orderly.

“The candidates have been very orderly. There are no
hitches,” he said.

JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, said recently that 1.736
million candidates registered for the 2017 UTME, signifying a sharp rise in
people seeking university admission when compared with the 1,272,284 candidates
that wrote the test in 2016.